Manchester United recruits 9-year old YouTube phenomenom
August 4th, 2007 Posted in Manchester UnitedManchester United recruited a 9-year old boy based on the footage they have seen on YouTube. The club brought in Rhain Davis when his grandfather sent a DVD to United youth staff showing the boy playing for an under-10 team in Brisbane, Australia.
Manchester United is proud of its history of developing talented young players, and invests considerable time and resources into trying to find the best young players of the future,” the club said in a statement.
United only had to see 4 minutes of this young prodigy before recruiting him. The YouTube video has been seen over 800,000 times and the fans of the video are calling him the next Ronaldo. This is a regular activity in the club.
The club has downplayed such hype, pointing out that it recruits about 40 players of Davis’ age every year, and that Davis’ status with the club will be subject to the same annual review as any other youth player.
Davis has moved to England to play there with the Youth squad.
“Being here has been brilliant,” The Sun newspaper quoted Davis as saying. “The best part has been meeting a lot of the players, like Wayne Rooney.”
Davis was born in England and has a British passport. His grandfather lives in England.